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mack
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My Asian Theme Planted Tank.

Post by mack » Sun Sep 07, 2008 10:17 pm

Hi,

Well here are some pics of my 48 gallon Planted Asian them tank.

Ny Zebra Loaches. Plus the tanks sort of middle section.
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Enjoy,
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Post by newshound » Sun Sep 07, 2008 10:20 pm

looks like some histronica to me
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Hi

Post by mack » Sun Sep 07, 2008 10:24 pm

newshound wrote:looks like some histronica to me
Yes I have found out so far it is a Histronica.

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Post by Graeme McKellar » Mon Sep 08, 2008 4:22 am

Hi Mack, How is things on the other side of the "ditch", warming-up yet?
Your planted tank is just amazing, you must have put a lot of effort and money into it but I'm sure your Histronica's and other fish just love it.
We can't get Histronica's over here in Aus but I keep my feelers out for them and Striata's in the hope someone will import them . Thanks for sharing your photos.
Cheers Graeme.
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Post by mickthefish » Mon Sep 08, 2008 5:40 am

yup i agree with Graeme M, your tank is superbly planted mate.
you should be well proud of how it looks.

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Post by Mark in Vancouver » Mon Sep 08, 2008 1:15 pm

Nice tank, Mack.
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Post by mack » Mon Sep 08, 2008 11:19 pm

Graeme McKellar wrote:Hi Mack, How is things on the other side of the "ditch", warming-up yet?
Your planted tank is just amazing, you must have put a lot of effort and money into it but I'm sure your Histronica's and other fish just love it.
We can't get Histronica's over here in Aus but I keep my feelers out for them and Striata's in the hope someone will import them . Thanks for sharing your photos.
Cheers Graeme.
Hi,
Thanks for the complement.
Yes and no. I all depends on the individual about whether it is warming up. It is snow on the Mountain Ranges. And has been raining for a few days. But we had about 1 week of solid 20'c sunny days. And before that 1 week of heavy rain. Other wise everything is normal. Thought the Greenies dont think so. I think they should pull their heads out of their trees and look around them-selves and see the world is not that bad, as they think.

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Post by mack » Mon Sep 08, 2008 11:22 pm

mickthefish wrote:yup i agree with Graeme M, your tank is superbly planted mate.
you should be well proud of how it looks.

mick
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YEs I am very proud of my tank.
And it took about $4000 to set it up to what it is now. Even though I spent lots of money, it all comes down to patience and persistence.
Any way I am in the proses of setting up my 130lt to look similar but with more of a rocky river bank theme.

Any way thanks for all the complements,
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Post by jwyfk » Tue Sep 09, 2008 11:04 pm

That's a beautiful tank! Do you have to run CO2?
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Post by Graeme Robson » Wed Sep 10, 2008 4:43 am

Superb!! 8)
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Post by Soujirou » Thu Sep 11, 2008 1:48 am

That's a great looking tank. I think the way you have arranged the plants looks clean but natural. Do I mind if I ask what plants you are using?
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Post by loachmom » Thu Sep 11, 2008 7:18 am

Very nice!! I like how your loaches lined up for their photo in the first picture.
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Post by Boromark » Fri Sep 12, 2008 8:17 am

Wow! Great tank, great fish! You must love watching all the variety and colour you have there.

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Post by loachcoach » Fri Sep 12, 2008 6:13 pm

Your tank is really looking good. I've been running plant free tanks for a couple of decades because I tend to kill plants just by being in the same room with them :cry:

About four months ago I finally tried my hand at a small planted tank (20 gallon long) with some of the hardier varieties (anachris, wisteria, java fern) and have had some success (nothing as beautiful as yours), but am looking forward to planting some of my larger tanks.

Thanks for posting the pics!
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Hi

Post by mack » Sat Sep 13, 2008 3:31 am

Hi,
Thank you all for your complements.

I will be off work soon, I will give you the plant list.


jwyfk wrote:That's a beautiful tank! Do you have to run CO2?
No I dont run Co2.

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